Yellowfuture 71 Posted October 30, 2013 Criticism of Malky Mackay from Bluebirds fans, or from this newspaper, is about as rare as a Cardiff versus Swansea derby without frayed nerves or controversial incident.Rightly so, too. Mackay has done a brilliant enough job to earn our trust over team selection and system of play.However, for the first time a little bandwagon has started up with paying City supporters openly questioning what they see as ultra-cautious tactics employed by the Bluebirds boss.A look at the internet forums on Saturday night underlines the frustration and exasperation some fans who made the 12-hour round journey to Norwich are beginning to have.Their team had just secured a valuable Premier League point, but mobile phones were busily being tapped on the coach home posting questions on the message boards about why City had again been set up so defensively.Great trip, awful 90 minutes of football, was the general perception, after Norwich had enjoyed 61 per cent of possession and had a Premier League match record 31 shots at goal.This a Norwich side, of course, who were shorn of confidence, whose own manager was under intense pressure with fans chanting “You don’t know what you’re doing” and who were clearly there for the taking.Instead, there were times when they were permitted to look like Barcelona!Taken from today''s Western Mail, I love the last sentence and the Barca ref.When you read this it does strike home that we now have a generation of football fans whose expectations are not driven by realism but by a dream of success and quality of play that in reality can only be rarely achieved, and even then only consistently by clubs with massive resources. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
morty 0 Posted October 30, 2013 When the names of prospective managers are mentioned, I do wonder if people would even consider Malky, if it weren''t for the fact he played for us. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yellowfuture 71 Posted October 30, 2013 It would be a disaster for Malky and for us. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Buzz Killington 0 Posted October 30, 2013 [quote user="morty"]When the names of prospective managers are mentioned, I do wonder if people would even consider Malky, if it weren''t for the fact he played for us.[/quote]Spot on, Morty. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites